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News about basic science of interest and relevance for cancer clinicians

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

'Closing the Translational Gap'

Science Translational Medicine has devoted this week’s issue to the question of whether the research community is winning the war against cancer. In anopening editorial (reg req), Bert Vogelstein and Kenneth W. Kinzler, note that the articles included are more than standard reviews. “…the [STM] editors asked the experts to highlight obstacles that must be overcome to win this war and to describe state-of-the-art approaches to break through the blockades. The results of these experts’ efforts are thought provoking.

“In sum, the papers in this issue lay out a multipronged plan of attack that forms a blueprint for victory over the coming decades. These ideas will hopefully stimulate readers to think more broadly about the cancer problem and to devise their own nonconventional ways to combat it,” the editorialists conclude.

Rabiya S. Tuma, PhDRABIYA S. TUMA, PHD, a Contributing Writer for Oncology Times, is an award winning journalist and a regular contributor to The Economist, and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including CR Magazine, Yoga + Joyful Living, O The Oprah Magazine, HHMI Bulletin, and the New York Times. Prior to launching her writing career, Rabiya earned her doctorate at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and worked at a biotechnology firm in Eugene, Oregon. And though she traded a lab bench for a computer, she remains fascinated with the work that takes basic science into the clinic.

Her OT blog was recognized this year by the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE) with a bronze award in the category of Best Blog.